My subconscious is so impatient to see the new Star Wars (tix for tomorrow!) that I spent all night dreaming possible Star Wars. Turns out my subconscious is way worse at imagining new Star Wars than new Star Trek or Doctor Who.
It’s becoming a consistent part of my editing process that beta readers tell me, “Gee, I really expected the character to be experiencing X emotion here,” and so then I go back and add X emotion there. Because knowing what characters should feel is hard, so I outsource it.
The four-year-old has mixed feelings about the snow… “I don’t ever want to be cold again. I always want to be warm. But I’m cold right now.”